New Analysis for Creep Behavior in Concrete Columns

This paper presents a new rational approach for the evaluation of the effects of creep on reinforced-concrete axially loaded columns at sustained service stresses. The analysis involves a straightforward computation based on a closed form procedure and the assumption of linear elastic materials for both concrete and steel. The analysis may be easily extended to cover the case of reinforcement at yield. The results of the proposed approach may be superposed with those from a shrinkage model presented by Park and Paulay in 1975, and the overall behavior of column axial shortening and stress transfer from concrete to steel may be described using the combined approach. The process involved is very convenient to use from an engineering viewpoint since it requires few input parameters, which are easy to estimate or measure experimentally, such as the modulus of elasticity of concrete and the creep coefficient. The results of the theoretical approach correlate well with experimental tests conducted on specimens ...